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Today, President Obama called on Congress to pass legislation to avoid across-the-board budget cuts from the so-called “sequester.” The Wilderness Society President Jamie Williams said this in response:

Tonight the President was right to focus on renewable energy as a proven job creator which cuts down on greenhouse gases – two things that improve the health of our economy overall. Our public lands play a central role in transitioning away from fossil fuels because of their enormous

Today’s announcement by Royal Dutch Shell that it is moving both its troubled Arctic Ocean drill rigs from Alaska to Asia for major repairs raises serious questions about whether it – or any oil company – can drill safely in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.

The Department of the Interior today announced its preferred alternative for the proposed Izembek land exchange and road, choosing the No-Action Alternative and acknowledging that the land exchange and construction of this unnecessary road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge would damag